15 Bible Verses about alcoholism
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Stop drinking water only, but take a little wine to strengthen your stomach and relieve its frequent attacks.
It was so in the time of Lot; people continued to eat, drink, buy, sell, plant, and build;
People continued to eat, drink, marry, and be married, right up to the day when Noah went into the ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.
Stop getting drunk on wine, for that means profligacy, but ever be filled with the Spirit,
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot eat at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons.
The Son of Man came eating and drinking with others, and they say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, a chum of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!' And yet wisdom is vindicated by her doings!"
Deacons, too, must be serious, sincere in their talk, not addicted to strong drink or dishonest gain,
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must drink no wine nor strong drink, and so he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his birth.
For the kingdom of God does not consist in what we eat and drink, but in doing right, in peace and joy through the Holy Spirit;
The Son of Man has come eating and drinking with others, and yet you say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, an intimate friend of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!'
For just as in the days before the Flood people went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, until the very day Noah entered the ark,
envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I now warn you, as I have done before, that those who practice such things shall not be heirs of the kingdom of God.
For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing His body, eats and drinks a judgment on himself.
The right thing to do is not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything else, that makes your brother stumble.
For the time that is past is enough for you to have accomplished what the heathen like to do, leading lives that are steeped in sensuality, lustful desires, drunkenness, carousing, revelry, dissipation, and idolatry that leads to lawlessness,